Training plans are generally designed around one key race, rather than lots of small ones​​​

What Are Online Training Plans?

Our digital online triathlon training plans are for athletes who don’t feel the need for a personal coach, but who still want the structure and planning of an expertly written training program. Research has shown that you are twice as likely to reach your goals if you train with a structured plan.

​They are written by Ironman Certified Coach Phil Mosley, who has designed hundreds of expert features and training plans for magazines such as Cycling Weekly, Triathletes World and Triathlon Plus. Email support is provided if you have any questions about your training plan.

The plans cater for beginner, intermediate and advanced amateur athletes over all formats of triathlon and duathlon. With over 200 different training programmes, we're confident you'll find one that suits your needs.

Why We Use Training Peaks

Our plans are delivered using Training Peaks online software. At it’s most basic level it’s a training calendar that enables you to view your planned workouts and record your completed sessions. It's free to use when you purchase one of our training plans - you'll be asked to sign up for a free Training Peaks account in the checkout process.

You can view your planned sessions in the calendar or have them emailed to you the night before. Using your training zones (provided) you simply do the planned workouts each day. If you can't do your workout on a given day, you can drag and drop it into another day in the same week.

Best of all you can export your workouts to your training devices, including Garmin, TrainerRoad and Zwift.com. This enables you to follow a workout in real-time, with onscreen instructions. It's like having your coach in the room with you!

Training Peaks can be as simple or as in-depth as you want it to be. It can be used on PC, Mac, smart phones and tablets and it can sync to most commercially available training devices including Garmin, SRM, Stages, Suunto, Polar and Timex Ironman.

​You can simply choose to view and record your training via the calendar, and drag and drop workouts within a week to suit your availability. Or if you’re an analytical person then Training Peaks has a wealth of functions that enable you to track your training progress. You can click on a completed workout and view your route, heart rate, power and pace data in relation to your personal Training Zones. Or you can use metrics such as Training Stress Score, Intensity Factor and Variability Index to monitor your fatigue and intensity. There is also a “Dashboard” function where you can view a wealth of graphs and tables showing how you’re progressing over time, such as the Performance Management Chart.

As coaches, Training Peaks enables us to set you in-depth training plans in a way that other formats do not facilitate.

What's Included In A Triathlon Training Plan?

We have over 200 duathlon, running and triathlon training plans ranging from 12-weeks to 40 weeks in length. Weekly training hours differ throughout the plans, depending on the event you’re training for and you’re current level (beginner, intermediate or advanced amateur). Generally, every fourth week is an active recovery phase, designed to keep you fit while allowing for recovery and adaptation.

Each plan is broken into different phases, depending on the duration of the program. These include the Base Phase, Build Phase, Peak Phase and Race Phase. Each phase has a different emphasis, designed to ensure you hit your peak in time for your key race. ​Each plan includes speed workouts, threshold workouts, aerobic endurance sessions and runs off-the-bike (for triathlon and duathlon). You can use pace, power, heart rate and perceived exertion as a measure of your intensity. Each program comes with a set of Training Zones for you to use.

There are short fitness tests every eight weeks, so you can easily monitor your improvements. We also show you how to use the results to train at the right level for your own needs.

In the second half of most triathlon and duathlon training plans, there are several "brick" workouts, which involve cycling AND running. There are race rehearsals before your key events, to help build your confidence, skill and pace awareness. And there is one simple strength and conditioning workout per week, which can be done at home or in a gym.

You can email one of our coaches if you need help along the way. We also have a dedicated Help Centre with all the answers you may need.